I seem to remember reading that it will use up to 100 watts... I'm guessing
it probably doesn't burn that much power all the time, so there's probably
a decent margin to play with heating it.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:17 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ice storm, like a radome for an aircraft radar.  Has to keep it ice
> free... takes about 240 watts as I recall.
> The problem was not building a heated radome.  The problem was switching
> off the heat when the storm was over.  I had more than one smoking radome
> on my hands.
>
> What kind of power supply do these things have?
>
> *From:* Adam Moffett
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:11 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
>
>
> I wonder if it's a matter of how long of a melt process you're willing to
> accept.
>
> Like maybe 100W keeps the dish clean, but maybe 10W will ensure it melts
> at some point so you're not simply broken until the weather changes.
>
>
> On 3/4/2021 10:57 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> That is gonna take some power.  Heavy snow or ice storms.  I tried to
> build heated radomes for a while.  Takes like 100 watts to do it right or
> more.
>
> *From:* Steven Kenney
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:31 AM
> *To:* af
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
>
> Found this interesting tidbit I didnt know about
>
> *Snow Melt Mode*
> Deployed basic Snow Melt Mode, during which Starlink produces additional
> heat to mitigate signal attenuation caused by snow build-up on the face of
> the user terminal.
>
>
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> *From: *"Matt Hoppes" mailto:[email protected]
> *To: *"af" mailto:[email protected], "Steve Jones"
> mailto:[email protected]
> *Sent: *Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:03:14 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
>
> He's trying to land a Methane filled blimp while ignited!  We already
> provided this was a bad idea with the Hindenburg.
>
> On 3/3/21 6:50 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> > what part of beta dont people understand? is it because general
> > consumers are getting beta and dont actually know what beta is? this is
> > the same reason we make people cut trees down now BEFORE we install. we
> > used to just install and tell them to cut it. but too many
> > people complained about exactly what we told them would happen happening.
> >
> > I have faith in starlink, I think in 5 years it will be a whole other
> > landscape. Musk seems like one of those guys who thrives on detractors
> > and proving people wrong.
> >
> > But regardless, beta is beta
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:15 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]
> > mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >     Ha...
> >
> >     On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 3:42 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]
> >     mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >         Tin cans and string will be better than Hughes.
> >         *From:* Jaime Solorza
> >         *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:20 PM
> >         *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> >         *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> >          From your mouth to God's ears Chuck on Covid-19...
> >         unfortunately it's going to take a step backwards in Texas..
> >         I heard some ranchers near Big Bend want to switch from Hughes
> >         to Starlink ...my friend does IT work for several of them...
> >         curious to see how well it works.
> >         On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 1:39 PM Chuck McCown via AF
> >         mailto:[email protected] wrote:
> >
> >             I think that they are going to find more than enough
> >             customers in hard to serve locations that they will not
> >             encroach on the better served areas too much.  I am always
> >             an optimist.  BTW, Covid will be done in a month...
> >             *From:* Colin Stanners
> >             *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:50 AM
> >             *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> >             *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already
> >             Starlink *BETA* . Maybe they're simulating load of a few
> >             hundred, or a thousand, customers on each bird to prepare
> >             for when it's actually busy. (based on the "20Gbps" capacity
> >             per sat)
> >             Considering the amount of effort and design that goes into
> >             such a massive and complex system, people should be thankful
> >             that it's working with a good-enough uptime right now.
> >             On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:47 AM Dev
> mailto:[email protected]
> >             wrote:
> >
> >                 Already hearing from folks who have the service that
> >                 they’re seeing dips below 15Mbps, and this at light
> >                 loads with few customers, we’ll see how this scales. Or
> >                 doesn’t. Are others in different geographies seeing
> similar?
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